Germany, Wehrmacht. A Medal Bar for Afrikakorps Service Archive type II (1940-1944) with fasces

type II (1940-1944) with fasces and "FERT"

Two Russian men who were very likely working in the fields as Prisoners of War forced labourers saw the airman parachute to the ground and rushed over to his aid

and Air Gunner (AG) Wing (in brown and white embroidery

passing through a heavy concentration of enemy machine gun and rifle fire coming from his direct front

In the aftermath of the disaster

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Medal Bar for Afrikakorps Service Archive type II (1940-1944) with fasces(Afrikakorps Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for a recipient who served with the Afrikakorps, featuring three decorations, including: 1. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939,